By the way John, when you plant your gladioli make sure they're planted well down about 18-20cm so they stand erect and don't lean over. I made that mistake this year. My soil was so hard due to dry Spring I could only plant them at about 12cm.

I have just noticed that some of my gladioli have started to flower again. They flowered about June / July and I was getting ready to take them up when I saw new flower spikes. Is it normal to have 2...